Infinitum, creator of the sustainable air-core motor, has officially announced the launch of its Aircore Heavy Duty, a high-efficiency motor system, which is designed to help the world’s most demanding, mission critical HVAC fan and pump applications cut down on their energy consumption, emissions, noise, and waste.
According to certain reports, the stated motor system arrives on the scene bearing an integrated variable frequency drive. Thanks to that, it is able to sustainably power heavy loads with up to 25% more efficiency, maximum power density and high-reliability. Furthermore, the solution’s compact form factor is also 50% lighter and 60% shorter in length when compared to conventional motor and drive solutions.
More on the same would reveal how Aircore Heavy Duty is built using a rugged exterior for protection against dust, dirt and water. This makes it possible for the system to operate reliably in harsh outdoor or wet environments, and at the same time, maintain high-efficiency over a wide range of operating points.
Apart from that, we must also mention how the technology is also available in a wide range of power, bearing, NEMA MG1 shaft and frame sizes, each one suitable for demanding, heavy duty applications like HVAC equipment, vertical-inline pumps, and Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs) used across data centers handling AI workloads, and in other mission critical facilities.
“With its newest Aircore Heavy Duty model, Infinitum is continuing to serve the larger sustainability picture. The motor appears well suited to improve overall system efficiency while addressing broader electrical infrastructure concerns. In my opinion, this motor is poised to help customers improve on sustainability, usability, and the bottom line,” said Blake Griffin, Interact Analysis.
Next up, we must get into the system’s promise to provide a rightsizing facility. You see, customers can specify a motor with the application’s exact HP/RPM requirement and reduce the power budget per motor, thus freeing up electrical infrastructure for other critical needs in the facility.
Then, there is the communications aspect, where the solution can support a wide variety of communication protocols, including Modbus RTU, BACnet MSTP, and Analog.
Moving on to talk about the system’s controls, they allow for users to configure and fine tune operational parameters, while simultaneously monitoring motor performance, carbon emissions, energy consumption, heat and vibration.
Another detail worth a mention is rooted in Aircore Heavy Duty’s serviceability. To expand upon that, the technology’s modular design basically treads up a long distance to facilitate fast and simple repairs.
Joining that is the potential for flexible mounting. In essence, the system’s compact form factor optimizes space, reduce wiring needs, enable direct mounting to pump applications, and increases efficiency by 10-15%.
Among other things, we ought to mention how Aircore Heavy Duty motor actually replaces the copper wound iron stator found in traditional motors with a lightweight alternative. This alternative is a printed circuit board (PCB) stator understood to be 10 times more reliable. Even with that, the motor uses 66% less copper and no iron in the stator. Not just that, it also produces significantly less noise.
“Our new Aircore Heavy Duty brings our award-winning motor system design to the world’s highest-emitting HVAC fan and pump applications, including those that are increasingly used to cool data centers handling AI workloads,” said Ben Schuler, founder and CEO of Infinitum. “Our talented team has once again raised the bar for efficiency, serviceability and reliability to power the world with less energy, material and waste.”
